Orange breaks into fixed-line telephone service
by Paul Miller 
posted Feb 24th 2006 at 3:38PM
It seems like US carriers aren't the only
ones teaming up to push communications bundles to consumers, the UK's Orange is now jumping into the fixed-line
telephone market to offer service bundles its to business customers. France Telecom, who owns both Orange and Internet
provider Wanadoo, has merged the two companies, and Orange will offer both landline and wireless service on one bill,
and at discounted rates for intercompany calling. Sounds great to us, but we would've hoped by now that wireless
service could be reliable enough to start replacing fixed services. That's clearly not the case yet, but this seems
more of a step back for a company like Orange, at least tech-wise
Filed under: Orange
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Eric @ Feb 24th 2006 4:46PM
orange
tony @ Feb 26th 2006 1:41AM
wireless serivce is great
Nick @ Feb 26th 2006 7:38AM
oh great, now I'm gonna become a Broadband and Landline Trainer :/
Mobile Networks @ Jul 7th 2006 10:51AM
Just a few years ago, fixed-line telecoms, such as BT, were letting go of their mobile operations. Now mobile operators want to offer fixed. Makes you wonder about the rationality of business decisions.